Games Like The Last Stand: Aftermath

Tunguska: The Visitation is a single player top-down shooter RPG. Seek fortune as a Ghoul Hunter in an abandoned Soviet Exclusion Zone. Use your grit and ingenuity to survive deadly radiation, mysterious anomalies, and poisonous mutants. Go in guns-blazing, or stay in the shadows - your choice.

Why similar: Zombies 21.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19.2%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Survival 14.2%, Crafting 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: This top-down survival RPG provides a similar atmospheric, post-apocalyptic experience with a focus on resource management.

Now with over 600,000 copies sold, ZERO Sievert is a tense top-down extraction shooter that challenges you to scavenge a procedurally-generated wasteland, loot gear, and explore what’s left of a devastated world. When the odds are stacked against you, you’ll need to do more than just survive...

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.6%, Survival 29.1%, Shooter 12.2%, Top-Down 11.4%, Atmospheric 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: A gritty, top-down extraction shooter that captures the same punishing survival loop and tactical combat feel.

Ascend from your shelter. Ruin everything. Escape the wretched island. ⚔️🔨🎣🌱🌵🍰 Explore. Fight. Level up. Survive. Gather. Craft. Harvest. Hunt. Build. Farm. Solve puzzles. Fish. Cook. Live. Enjoy the bittersweet post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 39.5%, Survival 27.8%, Crafting 13.8%, Top-Down 8.9%, Atmospheric 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar top-down perspective with a heavy focus on exploration, scavenging, and dismantling the environment to survive.

Survive the zombie apocalypse and make humanity's last stand in this three-game legacy bundle, revamped for modern hardware. Explore, build, and survive for as long as you can in The Last Stand, The Last Stand 2, and The Last Stand: Union City.

Why similar: Zombies 35.2%, Post-apocalyptic 26%, Survival 16.8%, Violent 10.9%, Atmospheric 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: This collection provides the direct lineage of the series, offering a nostalgic look at the mechanics that inspired Aftermath.

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..

Why similar: Zombies 43.9%, Survival 30.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Crafting 6.3%, Adventure 1%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive deep-simulation zombie survival game that mirrors the scavenging and high-stakes tension found in Aftermath.

The Horde is coming, but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your squad, choose their upgrades, and build powerful synergies against thousands of undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break every limit in this deceptively simple but addictive bullet heaven game.

Why similar: Zombies 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.6%, Survival 12.7%, Action Roguelike 11.4%, Roguelite 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-roguelite that focuses on the combat and horde-clearing aspects of zombie survival.

The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Now it's up to you to gather survivors, scavenge for resources and build a community in a post-apocalyptic world – a world where you define what it means to survive in this ultimate zombie survival simulation.

Why similar: Zombies 44.5%, Survival 29.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.4%, Perma Death 4.9%, Violent 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: It remains the gold standard for zombie survival management, emphasizing base building and the constant threat of permadeath.

FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!

Why similar: Zombies 23.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.1%, Survival 13%, Action Roguelike 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that delivers intense, bullet-hell style combat against massive waves of zombies.

Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

Why similar: Zombies 42.4%, Survival 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Crafting 9.4%, Adventure 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based roguelike that forces players to manage hunger, cold, and infection while exploring a city.

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

Why similar: Zombies 37.9%, Survival 28.5%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Procedural Generation 8.7%, Action 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A robust survival game that excels at blending base-building, exploration, and intense zombie horde defense.

SurrounDead is an open world survival game. Taking place in a world ravaged by an apocalyptic catastrophe. The dead reign free and will stop at nothing to kill you.

Why similar: Zombies 43.2%, Survival 23.6%, Post-apocalyptic 22.6%, Shooter 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that captures the solitary, scavenging-heavy feel of navigating a zombie-infested landscape.

Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.

Why similar: Zombies 47.8%, Survival 30.1%, Crafting 8.4%, Top-Down Shooter 6.7%, Shooter 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down zombie survival game that emphasizes crafting and scavenging in a hostile, infected world.

HumanitZ is an isometric, open-world sandbox survival game set in a world ended by a zombie outbreak. Survive alone or with friends by scavenging, crafting, building, and fighting to last as long as ‘humanly’ possible. You can’t change the past, but you can fight for the future of humanity.

Why similar: Zombies 35.8%, Survival 21.1%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Crafting 9.6%, Shooter 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down, open-world survival game that emphasizes realistic survival mechanics and base building.

Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.

Why similar: Zombies 36%, Survival 20.9%, Post-apocalyptic 20.5%, Action RPG 8.3%, Top-Down 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: This action-RPG combines top-down combat with survival elements in a world ravaged by a mysterious infection.

This is an open-world zombie survival game set in a quarantined city. You play as a student left behind due to missing the evacuation convoy. Together with classmates and other survivors, you must defend the school, survive, and await rescue.

Why similar: Zombies 60%, Survival 29.7%, Atmospheric 5%, Adventure 3.7%, Action 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox-style zombie survival game that focuses on exploration and tactical decision-making in an open city.

World War III is over, the world's infested with mutants and your supplies are running out. Fight your way down this damned hotel, from your penthouse on top to the first floor. Craft weapons, search for food and reach the exit. Otherwise you'll be torn apart, starve to death or maybe both...

Why similar: Survival 25.1%, Post-apocalyptic 23.5%, Zombies 21.2%, Action Roguelike 17.4%, Crafting 5%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging roguelike survival game where you must descend a hotel floor-by-floor, managing limited resources.

Control a car full of jerks as they explore cities, recruit weird people, rescue dogs, argue with each other, and face gigantic swarms of slow zombies. Randomly generated for a new story and rare events every time you play!

Why similar: Zombies 50.4%, Action Roguelike 20.3%, Survival 18.8%, Roguelite 7.6%, Action 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelite road trip game captures the desperate, run-based journey and resource management elements of the seed game.

Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!

Why similar: Zombies 43.6%, Survival 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.3%, Roguelite 6%, Crafting 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival RPG that features a heavy emphasis on narrative choices and managing a group of survivors.

You wake up in a bunker! The Earth became a battlefield. Dangerous creatures at every turn. We give you everything you need: medicine, weapons, shelter. Your task is to find your family. And please try to survive in this post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 25.8%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Survival 11.7%, Crafting 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: An action-adventure game that blends survival-horror elements with exploration in a post-apocalyptic setting.

The Apocalypse has arrived and your goal is simple: Make it 10 miles to safety through a limitless procedurally-generated world overrun with The Infected and packed with the tools and weapons to fight them.

Why similar: Zombies 29.3%, Top-Down Shooter 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Action Roguelike 11.2%, Survival 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down survival game that emphasizes stealth and tactical movement to avoid overwhelming zombie hordes.

Unravel a thrilling sci-fi mystery in this action-packed twin-stick roguelite shooter. Select your load-out, stack up temporary and persistent upgrades, and delve into the depths of a subterranean base, either alone or in a group of up to 3 players.

Why similar: Zombies 22.1%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Survival 11.7%, Action Roguelike 10.2%, Roguelite 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick roguelite shooter that provides fast-paced action against hordes of zombies.

Travel by train through a dying world. Look after your passengers, keep your train operational, and make sure you can always reach the next station. Make your way through swarms of infected at each station. Explore mysterious and abandoned stations looking for supplies and survivors.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.2%, Zombies 29.6%, Survival 22.5%, Shooter 4.7%, Atmospheric 4%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game that focuses on the journey and the management of resources while traveling by train.

"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Zombies 52.7%, Survival 23.8%, Perma Death 8.1%, Procedural Generation 5.2%, Violent 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy-survival game that tasks you with leading a group of survivors through a randomized, zombie-filled world.

Survivors Of The Zombie World is a 3D pixel-style zombie survival game. Survivors fight in a world full of zombies. Your goal is to survive, find food, ammunition, medicine and other supplies on the map and try to survive.

Why similar: Zombies 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Survival 14%, Shooter 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that focuses on the core loop of scavenging and surviving in a hostile, infected environment.

Make your stand against the collapse of society in the ultimate zombie survival-fantasy game. Explore an open world full of dangers and opportunities that respond to your every decision. Recruit a community of playable survivors, each with their own unique skills and talents.

Why similar: Zombies 46.2%, Survival 25%, Post-apocalyptic 15.8%, Perma Death 4.6%, Crafting 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: The original open-world survival classic that established many of the mechanics seen in modern zombie survival games.

In the past, the world was almost invaded by zombies.You will play the commander of the remaining survivor camp, searching for hope for the last surviving companions, forming and assigning your special police squad to explore this post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies!

Why similar: Zombies 26.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Survival 13.1%, Action Roguelike 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down roguelite that focuses on combat and survival in a dark, post-apocalyptic world.

It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons. Survivors are running to the hills to escape, hoping for safety in remote places. As another refugee, you're here to carve out a new life for yourself - by any means necessary.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 41.5%, Survival 23.7%, Procedural Generation 16.7%, Crafting 13.1%, Action 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that focuses on building communities and managing relationships in a zombie-ridden world.

Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.

Why similar: Zombies 35.1%, Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Perma Death 19.3%, Crafting 10.9%, Atmospheric 5.3%

Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.

Why similar: Zombies 33.6%, Roguelite 15.8%, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Survival 11%

Why You'll Like It: A lighthearted but challenging roguelite strategy game about managing a group of survivors during the zombie apocalypse.

Unturned is an open-world zombie survival sandbox game. As one of the few not yet turned, you must fight to remain among the living.

Why similar: Zombies 29.7%, Post-apocalyptic 21.6%, Survival 18.1%, Crafting 9.5%, Shooter 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A sandbox survival game that offers deep crafting and base-building mechanics in a persistent zombie-infested world.

A great catastrophe has come, and you, who are on duty, crash and trapped in a Zed Zone. There are zombies and monsters everywhere, In order to escape, by collecting materials, upgrading skills, building shelters, defeating zombie waves and mysterious mechs, chasing a glimmer of hope.

Why similar: Zombies 31.9%, Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Survival 18.6%, Crafting 8.7%, Roguelite 8.1%

Night Raider is a thrilling adventure exploration shooter game. Players need to carry weapons into the city occupied by zombies, as far as possible in various buildings to collect necessary supplies, evacuate alive to bring supplies back to the camp. But you have to face are not just zombies...

Why similar: Zombies 25.3%, Top-Down Shooter 21.4%, Perma Death 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.5%, Shooter 7%

Shred zombies and bandits, collect and upgrade weapons, and explore the beauty hidden within industrial decay in a new story-driven, top-down horror shooter. Survive one more day in the post-apocalypse.

Why similar: Zombies 25.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%, Top-Down Shooter 14.4%, Violent 11.2%, Survival 10.1%

Outbreak is the demo version of FatalZone, a bullet heaven zombie apocalypse shooter where you'll have to upgrade your base, hone your mercs' skills, and put them to the test to survive.

Why similar: Zombies 23%, Top-Down Shooter 15.8%, Survival 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%, Action Roguelike 10.8%

A zombie outbreak eradicated all hope of returning life back to normal, now only survival lives on. Run, hide and fight your way through the undead as Randall searches for his family in this gorgeous, gritty, destroyed world.

Why similar: Zombies 52.5%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Survival 9.2%, Action 6.2%, Adventure 4.9%

The open-world survival role-playing game "Bad 2 Bad: Apocalypse" tells the story of Delta Team and his comrades as they work to rebuild a world devastated by humans and their race turned into zombies.

Why similar: Zombies 34.1%, Post-apocalyptic 26.1%, Survival 18.3%, Shooter 10.3%, Action RPG 9.2%

The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.

Why similar: Zombies 46.9%, Post-apocalyptic 22.7%, Survival 17.5%, Adventure 3.9%, Violent 3%

Descend into the grim and gritty world of Purgatory in this cover-based shooter which combines the fluidity of twin-stick controls and tactical cover usage. Dodge behind cover as you try to outgun your enemies in the unknown procedurally generated hunting grounds.

Why similar: Zombies 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.1%, Roguelite 10.8%, Action Roguelike 10.3%, Survival 10.1%

You'll play as a survivor in a world overrun by zombies. Explore and interact with other survivors, making tough choices about whether to help or exploit them. Defend against zombies, collect resources, craft, and fortify your shelter. Use strategy to escape this world and return to safety.

Why similar: Zombies 35.6%, Post-apocalyptic 25.3%, Survival 21.4%, Violent 10.1%, Adventure 3.4%

Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.

Why similar: Zombies 33.7%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Survival 17.6%, Shooter 10.4%, Action RPG 6.9%

Paradise isn't exactly what you hoped for: it's infested with zombies! Thankfully, you can control them. Capture them and teach them to farm or fight. They will help you defend our camp while you explore the world looking for… a new paradise.

Why similar: Zombies 32%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 8.4%, Violent 7.1%

As Anling’s zombie infection sets in, her days are numbered. The struggle to survive is made ever more paramount as she must ensure her son Cody stays alive. She must teach him how to survive in this new world at any cost…

Why similar: Zombies 29.6%, Post-apocalyptic 20.2%, Survival 18.3%, Action RPG 9.1%, Crafting 8.8%

In this game you have to fight your way through hordes of zombies in search of a safe place.

Why similar: Zombies 34.5%, Post-apocalyptic 23.7%, Survival 12.5%, Shooter 11.6%, Violent 6.1%

The human race is in danger again. This time scientists could not cope the imminent threat and became monsters themselves. Crowds of zombie people filled the secret research base. The dreadful contagion is about to spread earth wide. Use the last chance to save the humanity from total annihilation!

Why similar: Zombies 36.4%, Top-Down Shooter 17.9%, Shooter 11.2%, Survival 9.5%, Action RPG 8.9%

Fight through escalating waves of zombies in a singleplayer survival FPS. Manage your ammo, survive with one life, and see how long you can last against the undead horde.

Why similar: Zombies 29.5%, Post-apocalyptic 20.9%, Survival 13.5%, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Shooter 9.5%

Dark Light: Survivor is a dark sci-fi action roguelike with ARPG loot and third-person shooter combat. Switch anytime between top-down view and TPS aiming as you build weapons, skills, and classes across brutal multiverse runs.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 24%, Zombies 22.4%, Action Roguelike 13.7%, Atmospheric 4.5%

Battle and survive hordes of monsters in this high octane casual game with rogue-lite elements. Defeat bosses, hot-wire cars and stack powerups. How long will you survive?

Why similar: Zombies 22.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Survival 13.5%, Roguelite 13.3%

The Left Behind is a solo and co-op post-apocalyptic survival game. Explore a typical Dutch open-world landscape at daytime and beware of hordes of enemies coming in at night. Loot and hunt to survive. Each night, the game becomes increasingly challenging. How long will you survive?

Why similar: Zombies 35.4%, Post-apocalyptic 24.9%, Perma Death 18.4%, Survival 11.6%, Atmospheric 3%

MIST SURVIVAL is a Single-player, survival stealth sandbox game Players will experience the Apocalypse stimulation in the form of virus pandemic, the players have to deal with it to survive through the difficulties such as finding shelter and food, threats from the environment and climate: wild animals, bandits, infected, and dense mist t

Why similar: Zombies 45.8%, Survival 35.9%, Crafting 8.4%, Violent 4.5%, Singleplayer 2%

It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.

Why similar: Zombies 36.2%, Survival 24.4%, Post-apocalyptic 16.8%, Crafting 6.3%, Top-Down 5.6%

Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.

Why similar: Zombies 40.4%, Post-apocalyptic 25.1%, Survival 19.9%, Crafting 4.5%, Violent 4.2%

Purge the undead! Intense action-shooter with deep rpg elements, including upgradeable guns and armor, unique class skills, and class special abilities. Entire game can be played single player or as a 4-player online co-op game, including PvP events like Last Man Standing.

Why similar: Zombies 41.8%, Top-Down Shooter 27.3%, Survival 10.3%, Shooter 7.9%, Top-Down 5.9%

DARKEST DAYS is a zombie shooting RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world devastated by a sudden zombie outbreak. Explore a dark yet captivating open world, build a sanctuary with fellow survivors, grow stronger, and fight for survival.

Why similar: Zombies 34.3%, Post-apocalyptic 22%, Survival 18.7%, Shooter 8.8%, Crafting 6.2%

The end is here. Life as you knew it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world.

Why similar: Zombies 51.3%, Survival 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.5%, Action 2.3%, Adventure 1.1%

Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

Why similar: Zombies 41.7%, Post-apocalyptic 32.8%, Survival 16.3%, Dark 3.6%, Atmospheric 2.6%

The Last Disease Z is a co-op survival experience where everything is against you. Abandoned cities, zombies and bandits, a struggle for resources and a place to live. Build, unite, and survive.

Why similar: Zombies 35.1%, Post-apocalyptic 24.5%, Survival 19.1%, Crafting 10.3%, Action RPG 7.5%

The Last Man Survivor is a gloomy roguelike in which you have to fight tons of enemies, slay giant bosses, discover new abilities and characters, and also find out the dark secret of the Last Survivor

Why similar: Action Roguelike 38.8%, Violent 15.6%, Dark 14.1%, Action RPG 12.9%, Procedural Generation 9.1%

Blackout Z' is a super fast top-down view shooter where you face ZOMBIES, SAWS and the DARK. Do you have what it takes to have what it takes to survive the zombie apocalypse with only your gun and an old flashlight?

Why similar: Zombies 41.9%, Top-Down Shooter 33.5%, Top-Down 12.1%, Action 7.6%, Adventure 2.7%

Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.

Why similar: Zombies 27.8%, Post-apocalyptic 19.6%, Action Roguelike 14%, Survival 13.4%, Roguelite 12.3%

Into the Haze is a single-player survival game set at the beginning of the apocalypse. You wake up on the rooftop on the 40th floor of the abandoned tower. The whole city is cover with poisonous gas. Gather resources, craft, build, and fight zombies. Survive until help arrives.

Why similar: Zombies 25.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Survival 15.6%, Perma Death 11.8%, Crafting 8.1%